4 dictionary results for: meagerness
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mea·ger
[mee-ger] Pronunciation Key
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[mee-ger] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. |
| 2. | having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger. |
| 3. | maigre. |
Also, especially British, meagre.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME megre < OF maigre < L macer lean
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] —Related forms
mea·ger·ly, adverb
mea·ger·ness, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mea·ger also mea·gre
(mē'gər) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English megre, thin, from Old French, from Latin macer; see māk- in Indo-European roots.] mea'ger·ly adv., mea'ger·ness n. |
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| meagerness | |
noun | |
| the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Meagerness
Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
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